May be getting too far outside the realm of what should be asked on this site, but thought someone here may have experience with this, either as a consumer or does this kind of work.
I have a pretty remote property that lynches river (rivernet) is going to be running cable to for internet. Talked to the guy who is doing the work yesterday and they are having to run the cable over 10,000 feet to get to my place, but apparently they are required to provide it to all the power customers, so going to take it while I can get it. I dont get cell service at my place, so this would be a pretty nice benefit.
He said for the majority of the length of the cable they will burry the cable, not hang the cable on the power poles. Only when they have to traverse creeks or need to run it across a span that they cant burry it on, they will hang it. Otherwise it is going underground.
I asked him how deep and he said the machine puts it 12 or so inches in the ground. It was not a trench machine, rather a "diagonal slicer" and for the most part it wont be noticeable that they had put the cable in the ground. When I hear that, I really question if it is 12 + inches in the ground. Would think that type of machine would only have it 4-6 inches in the ground at most.
Reason I care - I plant a couple of food plots on the power line and where they plan to bury the cable. I disc the dirt up pretty good, broadcast and cover. Dont have a no til drill or anything like that, so will be turning the ground over generally once a year.
Should I be worried that the cable will work itself closer to the surface over time if the ground above it is disturbed? Got to think it gets cut at some point, and would like to avoid that. Hence the concern/question.
What says the brain trust?
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